Offa King of Essex

• Preferred Name: Offa King of Essex
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 750 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971
  
• Birth: 689 in Essex, England at LATI: N1.8523 LONG: E0.6147
  
• FSID: G6ZY-4FG
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
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  Offa
  Birthdate: 688
  Birthplace: Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  Death: 709 (20-22)
  Rome, Lazio, Italy
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Sigehere, king of Essex and Saint Osgyth
  Husband of Koneswitha
  Father of Ælfthryth
  
  === Dates Designate Ruling Period ===
  These vital dates are dates attributed to the start and end of his reign as king of Essex. They are not brith and death dates. In 709AD he abdicated in favor of going on a pilgrimage to Rome, where he became a monk, and died.
  
  === Parents ===
  If this is the same individual in the historical records, his father was Sighere, King of Essex, and his mother was possibly St. Osyth (Osgyth). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighere_of_Essex
  
  === Ruled 709. ===
  Ruled 709.

1. Eanburg of Mercia,     d. 783
2. Aelfthryth 2nd wife, b. 784     d. 2 AUG 835 in Croyland, Kingdom of Mercia